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- From: turbo@cse.uta.edu (Chris Turbeville)
- Subject: Re: ET4000/W32 and VESA VL-Bus
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- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 19:05:42 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec17.080653.4328@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE> roell@informatik.tu-muenchen.de (Thomas Roell) writes:
- ...
- >a) The performance of a DRAM based accellerator depends VERY much upon
- > the refresh frequency (i.e. dot-clock). Let's say you have a DRAM
- > bandwidth of 100MB/sec (let's assume it doesn't matter wether these
- > are RAS/CAS or RAS/multiple-CAS cycles). If you use a 1024x768 60Hz
- > resolution, you need about 65MB/sec for screen refresh only. This
- > leaves you with around 35MB/sec for doing graphics. If you use
- > 1024x768 72Hz, you need 75MB/sec for screen refresh. That means you
- > have only 25MB/sec for doing graphics. If you consider that you can
- > use the fast page mode accesses for screen refresh only and most of
- > the graphics operation won't be able to use them (since they are
- > interruped by screen refresh cycles), this computation is in fact
- > over optimisitic.
- ...
- I thought that since EGA boards have been using double ported DRAM to
- avoid this? Or are you saying 100MBs is for both ports? I have noticed
- some ads saying their S3 board uses double ported DRAM so are we to
- assume that most are not? If so then as you say this will instantly
- destroy any speed a coprocessor can give as the only thing that matters
- then is faster DRAM. I am no expert (as is obvius to the experts by
- now) but I am just trying to get this picture. If ram access has always
- got this refresh overhead (assuming a single port) then any board will
- simply be limited by DRAM bandwidth.
- -Chris
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